Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Pedro Vasquez

Mrs. Drambarean

Language A: English 1 (Section 5)

2 November 2011

Humanity’s New Inspiration

            Starting off in a lone garage and ending up with a multi-billion dollar company is no small feat. Steve Jobs succeeded at accomplishing this task and gave an incredible impression towards everyone at apple. These sources contain the evidence that Steve Jobs is a hero in one or many ways, aside from donating to charities. Steve Jobs is a hero because he gives 1inspiration, 2built schools for the children of America/Africa, and changed the 3world positively. His inspiration was mainly presented when he decided to own Pixar.

            Steve Jobs is a hero because he changed the way we work and play. Steve Jobs had started tinkering with computer and technology in his garage in his 20's and was soon the co-founder of apple from 1970 - 1985. One of Jobs's favorite quotes were, "your gut, destiny, life, karma, etc. must be trusted to see your future." The author of the source states, "we were struck be the many ways that Jobs shared the way we think, feel & behave." This source shows that Steve Jobs is a hero because he influenced us to think efficiently and creatively.

         Jobs has also been able to enrich peoples lives with the products he invented. 

I.               Intro

A.     When the government has abandoned you, where do you have left to go?

B.     Slums are wastelands where people are forced to live in poverty.

C.     Slums are areas where people are forced to live in poor sanitation, diseases are easy to come by and show what the rest of the world could potentially be.

II.             Defendable Point 1

A.     When people are left in poor sanitation, the cost of lives is tremendous.

B.     Slums are basically wastelands. Having garbage as the ground itself is simply a norm.

i. (Quote)

ii. (Paraphrase)

C.     Explanation

D.    This poor sanitation can lead to deadly diseases.

III.           Defendable Point 2

A.     Diseases are easy to come by in slums.

B.     Children die often in slums due to their weak / young immune systems.

i.                (Quote)

ii.              (Paraphrase)

C.     Explanation

D.    Poor sanitation and diseases are common in slums. But to have the rest of the world be potentially just that, is unacceptable.

IV.            Defendable Point 3

A.     Slums show what the world can potentially be if the population keeps increasing at an alarming rate.

B.     Supporting Evidence

i.                (Quote)

ii.              (Paraphrase)

C.     Explanation

D.    These factors are what create a Slum. They do not have any positive effect on anyone.

V.              Conclusion

A.     When the government abandons a group of people within their country, Slums are created.

B.     Slums are areas where people are forced to live in poor sanitation, diseases are easy to come by and show what the rest of the world could potentially be.

C.      (Summarize Arguments)

D.    If humanity did not have proper leadership, then wouldn’t the world just be one giant slum?